Season's Greetings from Eastland! (holiday cheer, pictures, stories, and songs!) [Archive] - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

RetroGuy2000

12-11-2018, 02:32 AM

Nah, the job’s all his. I’m just biding time here till Bonnie gets back and I go back to doing this on the One Day at a Time board. It’s boring over there without her.

I don’t suppose anyone on the Facts of Life was named Yudolph? That would be real easy to do :wave:

Not quite. But I do have a little song inspired by Rudolph..

You know Blair-y and Tootie
and Nancy and Cindy
Sue Ann, Joanna,
and Nat'lie (who's Mindy)
But do you recall
The most famous Eastland girl of all?

Molly, the Brat Pack Starlet
Couldn't get in any lines
After the second season
She decided she'd resign

All of the other students
Used to come and steal her scenes
They never let poor Molly
Join in, it was very mean

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
John Hughes came to say
"Molly, with your rising star
Won't you play us your guitar?"

Then how the students loved her
As they shouted out with glee
"Molly, the Brat Pack Starlet
You'll be in film history!"

Lorimar Television

12-11-2018, 02:35 AM

Not quite. But I do have a little song inspired by Rudolph..

You know Blair-y and Tootie
and Nancy and Cindy
Sue Ann, Joanna,
and Nat'lie (who's Mindy)
But do you recall
The most famous Eastland girl of all?

Molly, the Brat Pack Starlet
Couldn't get in any lines
After the second season
She decided she'd resign

All of the other students
Used to come and steal her scenes
They never let poor Molly
Join in, it was very mean

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Garrett came to say
"Molly, with your rising star
Won't you play us your guitar?"

Then how the students loved her
As they shouted out with glee
"Molly, the Brat Pack Starlet
You'll be in film history!"
LOL! Nice! Then she became too famous for them and said see ya never :lol:

RetroGuy2000

12-11-2018, 02:37 AM

LOL! Nice! Then she became too famous for them and said see ya never :lol:

Yep! But that part is less pleasant, so I left it out of the song.

Lorimar Television

12-11-2018, 02:40 AM

Yep! But that part is less pleasant, so I left it out of the song.

Haha yeah not really cheery for Christmas

'80sSitcoms

12-11-2018, 06:07 PM

Yeah, way to bring on the glum, Lorsie ;)

Very cute Retro! Haha! :lol:

opus

12-11-2018, 11:51 PM

Not quite. But I do have a little song inspired by Rudolph..

You know Blair-y and Tootie
and Nancy and Cindy
Sue Ann, Joanna,
and Nat'lie (who's Mindy)
But do you recall
The most famous Eastland girl of all?

Molly, the Brat Pack Starlet
Couldn't get in any lines
After the second season
She decided she'd resign

All of the other students
Used to come and steal her scenes
They never let poor Molly
Join in, it was very mean

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
John Hughes came to say
"Molly, with your rising star
Won't you play us your guitar?"

Then how the students loved her
As they shouted out with glee
"Molly, the Brat Pack Starlet
You'll be in film history!"

Good stuff.

And I even got (most of) the references :wave:

RetroGuy2000

12-11-2018, 11:56 PM

Very cute Retro! Haha! :lol:
Thanks! :)

'80sSitcoms

12-12-2018, 12:40 AM

Only, with the lines like "Couldn't get in any lines", "All of the other students used to come and steal her scenes", I see Nancy glaring at you thinking you're talking about her. :lol:

RetroGuy2000

12-12-2018, 01:14 AM

Only, with the lines like "Couldn't get in any lines", "All of the other students used to come and steal her scenes", I see Nancy glaring at you thinking you're talking about her. :lol:

Oh no! We're talking season Two, here. In the second season, Nancy got waaaayyy more lines than Molly. I don't remember the count, but I suspect Nancy got 30 lines in Season Two. Molly... maybe got 5?

RetroGuy2000

12-12-2018, 01:18 AM

Good stuff.

And I even got (most of) the references :wave:

Aw, thanks, Opus!

Molly played guitar twice in Season One of the show. I don't know what else might have been a bit obscure for a non-fan.

'80sSitcoms

12-12-2018, 01:31 AM

Oh no! We're talking season Two, here.

Ahhh, gotcha!

In the second season, Nancy got waaaayyy more lines than Molly. I don't remember the count, but I suspect Nancy got 30 lines in Season Two. Molly... maybe got 5?

Well, Molly maybe got more once she joined the girls at the table in "Gossip" in your brilliant mock-up! :D

Let's see...

[goes over Molly's season 2 lines to best of memory:

"Blair, I can't get over seeing you chained to the kitchen like a galley slave. It's so...anti-woman!"

"Oooo, that's a blister."

"I guess...how ya holdin' up?"

"C'mon Margo, lay off."]

If I'm right, that's 4; you were very close!

opus

12-12-2018, 02:36 AM

Aw, thanks, Opus!

Molly played guitar twice in Season One of the show. I don't know what else might have been a bit obscure for a non-fan.

Yup, the guitar line (thanks for the explanation), and the other one there was I didn’t recognize the name Joanna :wave:

RetroGuy2000

12-12-2018, 02:46 AM

Yup, the guitar line (thanks for the explanation), and the other one there was I didn’t recognize the name Joanna :wave:

Oh, Joanna Marie Polniaczek is better known as "Jo", a character occasionally seen in the final seasons of the show, sometime after the Golden Era of the Dorm Years. ;)

Lorimar Television

12-12-2018, 02:57 AM

Oh, Joanna Marie Polniaczek is better known as "Jo", a character occasionally seen in the final seasons of the show, sometime after the Golden Era of the Dorm Years. ;)

But she doesn’t exist in the iconic grandfather clock common room era so it’s easy to forget her. ;)

RetroGuy2000

12-12-2018, 03:24 AM

But she doesn’t exist in the iconic grandfather clock common room era so it’s easy to forget her. ;)

Exactly:

Golden Dorm Era: May 4, 1979 - November 18, 1980 - Iconic grandfather clock, mystery meat, guitar solos, crash diets, invisible boyfriends, cool backflips, and "ten, twelve girls" running around, just like a girls' school should have.

Silver Cafeteria Era: November 19, 1980 - September 21, 1983 - Classic cafeteria, kitchen, and lounge; Mrs. G properly promoted. Lost Girls still seen, but fading fast.

Bronze Edna's Edibles Era: September 21, 1983 - September 14, 1985 - Gourmet quiches, tasty souffles, and occasional customers made into sausages. Lost Girls never seen.

Copper Over Our Heads Era: September 14, 1985 - January 16, 1988 - Tacky gifts, huge shoulderpads, and giant hairdos abound, but our beloved Lost Girls get one last hurrah, while Mrs. G gets married off.

Leaden Pippa Era: January 16, 1988 - May 7, 1988 - Not much to say, here. Eastland is seen once more, but we don't even get a shot of the Silver Cafeteria or the Golden Dorm. Why would they do this?!

Lorimar Television

12-12-2018, 03:29 AM

Gourmet quiches, tasty souffles, and occasional customers made into sausages. Lost Girls never seen.

Whaaaaaaat???? :eek:

RetroGuy2000

12-12-2018, 03:32 AM

Whaaaaaaat???? :eek:
The Halloween episode, remember?

Lorimar Television

12-12-2018, 03:43 AM

The Halloween episode, remember?

Lmao it’s been a while. I remember the one with Beverly Ann where the girls kept getting murdered

RetroGuy2000

12-12-2018, 03:54 AM

Lmao it’s been a while. I remember the one with Beverly Ann where the girls kept getting murdered

Oh, no. That's two seasons later.

This is the iconic Halloween episode that's used in the opening credits for several years.

My sister and I had a gruesome theory that the Lost Girls were used in the sausage, and that's why they no longer appeared on the show.

...But then three of them showed up in Season 8, so that blew that theory... except for Molly, that is...

Lorimar Television

12-12-2018, 03:56 AM

Oh, no. That's two seasons later.

This is the iconic Halloween episode that's used in the opening credits for several years.

My sister and I had a gruesome theory that the Lost Girls were used in the sausage, and that's why they no longer appeared on the show.

...But then three of them showed up in Season 8, so that blew that theory... except for Molly, that is...

That would make a great photoshop... unfortunately I don’t have the skill like you and Eights

12-12-2018, 08:31 AM

Hello hello hello!

May I please enter?

'80sSitcoms

12-12-2018, 11:38 AM

'80sSitcoms

12-12-2018, 11:38 AM

That would make a great photoshop... unfortunately I don’t have the skill like you and Eights

That is something that should NEVER be made! lol

opus

12-12-2018, 11:39 AM

Oh, Joanna Marie Polniaczek is better known as "Jo", a character occasionally seen in the final seasons of the show, sometime after the Golden Era of the Dorm Years. ;)

To quote Homer Simpson, “Doh!”.

I should have figured that one out. :wave:

'80sSitcoms

12-12-2018, 11:39 AM

It's okay opus, it's only mentioned in 1, maybe 2 episodes?

Lorimar Television

12-12-2018, 05:50 PM

That is something that should NEVER be made! lol
What just a ground meat image with a caption of one of Molly's sayings. No worse than skeleton Sue Ann. :lol:

'80sSitcoms

12-12-2018, 06:34 PM

What just a ground meat image with a caption of one of Molly's sayings. No worse than skeleton Sue Ann. :lol:

Hahaha! "I'm the thinnest girl in Kansas City, Kansas! :D" lol

Lorimar Television

12-12-2018, 06:38 PM

Hahaha! "I'm the thinnest girl in Kansas City, Kansas! :D" lol

Molly: "Being ground up is so anti-woman"!

'80sSitcoms

12-12-2018, 06:40 PM

^---hahaha!

Blair: "It's anti-human!"

:lol:

Lorimar Television

12-12-2018, 06:47 PM

Miss Mahoney: It's anti-organism

RetroGuy2000

12-12-2018, 09:20 PM

Molly: "Being ground up is so anti-woman"!

Ahahahaha! :rofl:That's hilarious!

12-13-2018, 07:49 PM

Am I allowed to enter now? :)

'80sSitcoms

12-13-2018, 07:58 PM

Enter what? This thread's door isn't locked, lol ;)

12-13-2018, 08:04 PM

Enter what? This thread's door isn't locked, lol ;)

Enter the dorm! ;)

'80sSitcoms

12-13-2018, 08:07 PM

Of course! The more the "merrier"!

12-13-2018, 08:12 PM

Of course! The more the "merrier"!

Great! Want me to bring anything?

'80sSitcoms

12-13-2018, 08:39 PM

Great! Want me to bring anything?

Anything Christmas-y, Hannukah-y, Kwanza-y, or Winter Solstice-y is welcome here.

12-13-2018, 08:45 PM

Anything Christmas-y, Hannukah-y, Kwanza-y, or Winter Solstice-y is welcome here.

Alright. I'll be making the foods and drinks very soon and will bring both over sometime next week.

12-13-2018, 09:46 PM

Where's Jo?

'80sSitcoms

12-13-2018, 10:17 PM

We're celebrating in the dorm---season 1 (before Jo).

opus

12-13-2018, 10:49 PM

Anything Christmas-y, Hannukah-y, Kwanza-y, or Winter Solstice-y is welcome here.

Hanukkah’s over this year, but the menorah flame burns eternal

234918

'80sSitcoms

12-13-2018, 10:51 PM

Hanukkah’s over this year, but the menorah flame burns eternal

234918

Hahaha! That's one menorah we would always leave burning! :lol: :D

'80sSitcoms

12-13-2018, 10:52 PM

(P.S. - Is that really Sue Ann? It looks different from her...)

RetroGuy2000

12-13-2018, 11:07 PM

Hanukkah’s over this year, but the menorah flame burns eternal

234918

Nice! (I know Natalie will appreciate the menorah inclusion)

And yes, '80s, that's Sue Ann... likely from "Overachieving", with the scene with Blair painting her holding a tennis racket.

'80sSitcoms

12-13-2018, 11:22 PM

And yes, '80s, that's Sue Ann... likely from "Overachieving", with the scene with Blair painting her holding a tennis racket.

Wow, just something about that very frame that makes her look so different to me!

opus

12-13-2018, 11:26 PM

Wow, just something about that very frame that makes her look so different to me!

Here’s full size :wave:

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/42/41/4d/42414df49d636cca2a0fe02573d4b54f.jpg

Lorimar Television

12-13-2018, 11:38 PM

Nice! (I know Natalie will appreciate the menorah inclusion)

And yes, '80s, that's Sue Ann... likely from "Overachieving", with the scene with Blair painting her holding a tennis racket.
Yes that’s the scene! Blair threatened to paint her “flat chested”.

Lorimar Television

12-13-2018, 11:39 PM

Anything Christmas-y, Hannukah-y, Kwanza-y, or Winter Solstice-y is welcome here.

What about Fesitivus?!

'80sSitcoms

12-13-2018, 11:50 PM

Here’s full size :wave:

Oh, thanks, opus :) Yes, I see now, lol..."Hi, Sue Ann :wave: " (note me smiling and waving; hey, I'm not about to get on "SueAnnta Claus's" naughty list this year!)

It's the head-c.o.c.k.* and way she has her mouth open (along with the tennis top) that makes her look really different at "wallet-size"! lol

*(SitcomsOnline "bleeped" me there, thinking it was "vulgar", lol)

What about Fesitivus?!

Whatever-us! :p

RetroGuy2000

12-14-2018, 12:39 AM

Yes that’s the scene! Blair threatened to paint her “flat chested”.
YEP! I knew I wouldn't have to remind a dedicated Sue Ann fan, such as yourself!

Lorimar Television

12-14-2018, 01:09 AM

YEP! I knew I wouldn't have to remind a dedicated Sue Ann fan, such as yourself!

:wink2:

'80sSitcoms

12-14-2018, 07:20 PM

Let's have some merry music! (with using a little poetic license, as John Bowab never directed Jenny O'Hara, nor ever directed Molly in song)

:cc: "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (Season 1 Version) :stocking:

On the first day of Christmas, John Bowab sent to me:

A Mrs. Garrett giving advice

On the second day of Christmas, John Bowab sent to me:

2 skating Toots
And a Mrs. Garrett giving advice

On the third day of Christmas, John Bowab sent to me:

3 joking Nats
2 skating Toots
And a Mrs. Garrett giving advice

On the fourth day of Christmas, John Bowab sent to me:

4 wallpaper Nancys
3 joking Nats
2 skating Toots
And a Mrs. Garrett giving advice

On the fifth day of Christmas, John Bowab sent to me:

Fiiiiiiiiiiiive primpiiiiiiing Blaaaaiiiiiiirs!
4 wallpaper Nancys
3 joking Nats
2 skating Toots
And a Mrs. Garrett giving advice

On the sixth day of Christmas, John Bowab sent to me:

6 Sue Anns running
Fiiiiiiiiiiiive primpiiiiiiing Blaaaaiiiiiiirs!
4 wallpaper Nancys
3 joking Nats
2 skating Toots
And a Mrs. Garrett giving advice

On the seventh day of Christmas, John Bowab sent to me:

7 Cindys flipping
6 Sue Anns running
Fiiiiiiiiiiiive primpiiiiiiing Blaaaaiiiiiiirs!
4 wallpaper Nancys
3 joking Nats
2 skating Toots
And a Mrs. Garrett giving advice

On the eighth day of Christmas, John Bowab sent to me:

8 Mollys warbling
7 Cindys flipping
6 Sue Anns running
Fiiiiiiiiiiiive primpiiiiiiing Blaaaaiiiiiiirs!
4 wallpaper Nancys
3 joking Nats
2 skating Toots
And a Mrs. Garrett giving advice

On the ninth day of Christmas, John Bowab sent to me:

9 Tumpys puffing
8 Mollys warbling
7 Cindys flipping
6 Sue Anns running
Fiiiiiiiiiiiive primpiiiiiiing Blaaaaiiiiiiirs!
4 wallpaper Nancys
3 joking Nats
2 skating Toots
And a Mrs. Garrett giving advice

On the tenth day of Christmas, John Bowab sent to me:

10 Steves delivering
9 Tumpys puffing
8 Mollys warbling
7 Cindys flipping
6 Sue Anns running
Fiiiiiiiiiiiive primpiiiiiiing Blaaaaiiiiiiirs!
4 wallpaper Nancys
3 joking Nats
2 skating Toots
And a Mrs. Garrett giving advice

On the eleventh day of Christmas, John Bowab sent to me:

11 Mahoneys fussing
10 Steves delivering
9 Tumpys puffing
8 Mollys warbling
7 Cindys flipping
6 Sue Anns running
Fiiiiiiiiiiiive primpiiiiiiing Blaaaaiiiiiiirs!
4 wallpaper Nancys
3 joking Nats
2 skating Toots
And a Mrs. Garrett giving advice

On the twelfth day of Christmas, John Bowab sent to me:

12 Bradleys fuming
11 Mahoneys fussing
10 Steves delivering
9 Tumpys puffing
8 Mollys warbling
7 Cindys flipping
6 Sue Anns running
Fiiiiiiiiiiiive primpiiiiiiing Blaaaaiiiiiiirs!
4 wallpaper Nancys
3 joking Nats
2 skating Toots
And a Mrs. Garrett giving adviiiiiiiiiice!

Cindy: "That's a lot of gifts!"

Blair: "They probably just charged it."

:tree: Season's Greetings! :tree:

RetroGuy2000

12-14-2018, 07:38 PM

Haha! I laughed so hard at Fiiiiiiiiiiiive primpiiiiiiing Blaaaaiiiiiiirs. :lol:

And I never expected Tumpy in a Christmas song! :clap

Well done!

Lorimar Television

12-14-2018, 10:33 PM

Lol great job. What is warbling reference to?

'80sSitcoms

12-14-2018, 11:40 PM

Glad you guys enjoyed all your "gifts" from Mr. Bowab :lol:

Lorsie, "warbling" is another word for singing---at first I was thinking of Molly's feminism, but I wasn't sure if "8 righting Mollys" was a good fit, and otherwise I couldn't find a word with short enough syllables: "8 advocating Mollys" is just too clunky :lol: :crazy:

Lorimar Television

12-14-2018, 11:48 PM

LOL maybe 8 feminist Molly's

'80sSitcoms

12-14-2018, 11:51 PM

Not too bad, maybe "8 fem'nist Mollys", lol. But now that I've posted it in my previous post, I kinda like "8 righting Mollys", like "righting a wrong", lol.

Lorimar Television

12-14-2018, 11:58 PM

What about 8 Molly's strumming? 4 phoning Nancy's might be a good one too?

'80sSitcoms

12-15-2018, 12:44 AM

Haha, I actually did start out with "4 phoning Nancys"! But then I thought of the fan joke of her as "wallpaper" and went with that, lol.

Lorimar Television

12-15-2018, 12:46 AM

Haha, I actually did start out with "4 phoning Nancys"! But then I thought of the fan joke of her as "wallpaper" and went with that, lol.

LOL

'80sSitcoms

12-15-2018, 12:49 AM

In real life, if anyone ever talks over you or doesn't see you, you should say with a huff, "Hey! Don't you 'Nancy' me!" haha.

Lorimar Television

12-15-2018, 12:50 AM

In real life, if anyone ever talks over you or doesn't see you, you should say with a huff, "Hey! Don't you 'Nancy' me!" haha.

:lol: That needs to be a thing, for sure!

'80sSitcoms

12-17-2018, 01:19 AM

Picture it...Eastland, 1979...Mr. Bradley's predecessor is standing outside the small season 1 cafeteria on a snowy night, looking in through a window on the merriment commencing...

Now, don your tunic, raise your cup of wassail, and join me in this ancient carol of Eastland!

(to the tune of "Good King Wenceslas")

:candle: "Ye Chang'd Mr. Crocker" :candle:

Mr. Crocker look-ed in
On the Feast of Stephen
Bradley, master of Eastland
(after "Dope" he's leavin').
Brightly smiled the girls that night,
Though "the Crock" was cruel.
Mrs. Garrett stepped outside
Lik'ning him to gru-u-el.

"Mrs. Garrett, stand by me,
If thou know'st it, telling
He in my place, who is he?
Where and what his dwelling?"
"Sir, he lives on campus now,
He the new headmaster.
Eastland's better with him, how,
Than when ye were head-ba-stard."

"I have buns of cinnamon
And meat made of myst'ry.
Let us dine, and when we're done
We'll talk Shakespeare hist'ry."
Crock and Garrett, forth they went
Civilly, no pushin';
Cafeteria within
Set with chairs of cu-u-shion.

"Mr. Bradley, here's 'the Crock',
Seems his ways he's mended.
Let's let him dine with our flock,
Buns and meat he's tended."
"Welcome here with our dear brood,
We shall host ye gladly.
Thou'll find our cook's Christmas food
Tasteth good, not ba-a-dly."

In good spirits they did sup
And the mood was merry
All eleven raised their cup,
Even doubtful Blair-y.
Therefore, Peekskill men, be sure
Wealth or rank possessing
Ye, who now good mood endure
Shall yourselves find ble-e-ssing.

Lorimar Television

12-17-2018, 02:30 AM

Haha nice work Eights

RetroGuy2000

12-17-2018, 02:35 AM

:lol:

That's great, 80s! So many funny lines! I particularly enjoyed the lines about the mystery meat and the cinnamon buns.

You definitely paint a lovely holiday picture at Eastland. I'm glad Mr. Crocker got to enjoy the feast, despite his past behavior.

I think that cafeteria was quite crowded! :lol:

'80sSitcoms

12-17-2018, 10:34 AM

Glad you guys enjoyed :)

You definitely paint a lovely holiday picture at Eastland.

Aw thanks, I had a very nice start with the carol being such an ancient one. I love medieval/old world pageantry. I picture a nice fire going in the cafeteria (regardless of if there were a fireplace or not, lol), the tables put together to form one large "banquet table", covered with things like roast goose, and yams, and cranberries, and pies, and puddings, golden goblets of wassail, and the ceiling and walls all hung with greenery. :)

I'm glad Mr. Crocker got to enjoy the feast, despite his past behavior.

Yes, I like how this carol not only tells a story, but it has a moral! :lol:

I think that cafeteria was quite crowded! :lol:

Nice and toasty on a snowy winter's* eve!

*(despite the fact that it's autumn until December 21st, lol)

"Therefore, Peekskill men, be sure"
Molly: "They're folks, okay, Mr. '80s??"
Me: "Sorry, Molly. I keep forgetting. They're 'folks'. :rolleyes: "

(I thought about putting that in the song, but I didn't wanna interrupt the flow, haha)

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 12:29 AM

Aw thanks, I had a very nice start with the carol being such an ancient one. I love medieval/old world pageantry.

'80s, with your love of 1980s media, Medieval pageantry, and beautiful 1980s fantasy cult classics like Return to Oz, how do you feel about Legend? (This is my very favorite 1980s cult classic fantasy/dark film beautiful Medieval old world pageantry extravaganza, and I promise not to be too devastated if you say you don't care for it.)

I picture a nice fire going in the cafeteria (regardless of if there were a fireplace or not, lol), the tables put together to form one large "banquet table", covered with things like roast goose, and yams, and cranberries, and pies, and puddings, golden goblets of wassail, and the ceiling and walls all hung with greenery. :)

Very nice imagery, there! What girls' school private cafeteria wouldn't have a fireplace on the fourth wall?

"Therefore, Peekskill men, be sure"
Molly: "They're folks, okay, Mr. '80s??"
Me: "Sorry, Molly. I keep forgetting. They're 'folks'. :rolleyes: "

(I thought about putting that in the song, but I didn't wanna interrupt the flow, haha)

Very cute! :lol:

'80sSitcoms

12-18-2018, 12:51 AM

'80s, with your love of 1980s media, Medieval pageantry, and beautiful 1980s fantasy cult classics like Return to Oz, how do you feel about Legend? (This is my very favorite 1980s cult classic fantasy/dark film beautiful Medieval old world pageantry extravaganza, and I promise not to be too devastated if you say you don't care for it.)

Oh, interesting, your favorite is Legend. Well, actually, I've only seen it once, and that was several years ago when I recorded it on cable. So honestly I'd have to give it another go to really freshly absorb it all (the same goes for Willow as well).

I believe my favorite film in melting pot category is...hmmm, it maybe a tie between The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal, with Return to Oz and Labyrinth up there just behind.

Very cute! :lol:

I admit I had to look up the clip to get the exact format. I was 97% sure of Molly's line (I forgot she had the "okay" in there), and Mr. Bradley's line was longer than I remembered, lol.

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 01:05 AM

Oh, interesting, your favorite is Legend. Well, actually, I've only seen it once, and that was several years ago when I recorded it on cable. So honestly I'd have to give it another go to really freshly absorb it all (the same goes for Willow as well).

Oh, the cable version is not my favorite. The US DVD is the best. The European Version, which somehow became a Disney musical, is an abomination.

I'm not a fan of Willow. Just a bit too cutesy for me.

I believe my favorite film in melting pot category is...hmmm, it maybe a tie between The Neverending Story and The Dark Crystal, with Return to Oz and Labyrinth up there just behind.

I definitely get the love for Neverending Story, The Dark Crystal, Return to Oz, and Labyrinth. All classics. I remember watching the Artax scene (you know the one) and bawling my eyes out. Perhaps the saddest moment in 80s film history. even today, I... *sniffle* :crying:

'80sSitcoms

12-18-2018, 01:19 AM

I definitely get the love for Neverending Story, The Dark Crystal, Return to Oz, and Labyrinth. All classics. I remember watching the Artax scene (you know the one) and bawling my eyes out. Perhaps the saddest moment in 80s film history. even today, I... *sniffle* :crying:

I feel like such an anathema when it comes to that---that never gets me like it does almost everybody else! lol

I understand what you and everyone else mean, I just think for it to have more of an impact on me, I need to see more of their relationship together. It's like it came too early in the film for me to "appreciate" it. Conversely, the end of Old Yeller doesn't make me cry because I'm too conscious of the fact that there is no hope for Old Yeller; Travis does what has to be done (though it sucks for him that he has to do it, I do understand). Part of me knows for the safety of the family, there's no other way. Who knows, maybe the first time I saw these films I just didn't connect on certain emotional levels?

But I'm not heartless, I swear! Other media things do make me cry! lol :)

Also, I think part of me is conscious of the filming of that scene while it's on, and being utterly amazed at how well they trained those horses for that! :eek:

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 01:23 AM

I feel like such an anathema when it comes to that---that never gets me like it does almost everybody else! lol

I think for it to have more of an impact on me, I need to see more of their relationship together. It's like it came too early in the film for me to "appreciate" it.

But I'm not heartless, I swear! Other media things make me cry! lol :)

I don't see how anyone can't cry at that scene. I mean... it's just devastating.

Also, I think part of me is conscious of the filming of that scene while it's on, and being utterly amazed at how well they trained those horses for that! :eek:

Yeah, that had to have been very difficult, technically and humanely, to film.

'80sSitcoms

12-18-2018, 01:26 AM

I don't see how anyone can't cry at that scene. I mean... it's just devastating.

Well, after you and I have lunch with Julie Anne and Molly, you and I'll watch it together so you can see, lol. And hey, it's not like I enjoy it---I want to feel the connection to that scene, it's just that with those couple of circumstances, it kinda prevents me from doing so.

But, to show you I'm not a heartless Crock bastard, lol, in The Dark Crystal when one of the Skeksis at the end actually stabs Kira with a dagger---this great big monstrous cruel male viciously stabbing this delicate youthful heroine with purity of goodness in her heart, I mean, yikes, that seems, like, "PG" to me because it's so stark! It makes me wince.

Yeah, that had to have been very difficult, technically and humanely, to film.

If you watch the making of the movie, it's fascinating watching them do that!

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 01:41 AM

Well, after you and I have lunch with Julie Anne and Molly, you and I'll watch it together so you can see, lol.

See your dry face, as a young boy's horse is drowned in front of him, as he begs and pleads for help, and then another boy, watching from afar and also powerless, also bursts into tears? :eek:

I'll happily go on the lunch date with Julie Anne and Molly and you, though (we need Lorimar, too, though)! We can ask them questions no-one's ever thought to ask, like what was with the cheese dip, and if either of them saw Creepy Stranger lurking in the periphery of the grassy lawn when they taped the wrestling-in-the-grass scene. Oh! And we can ask about the Molly Parker Cinnamon Bun Photo-shoot!

And hey, it's not like I enjoy it---I want to feel the connection to that scene, it's just that with those couple of circumstances, it kinda prevents me from doing so.

But, to show you I'm not a heartless Crock bastard, lol, in The Dark Crystal when one of the Skeksis at the end actually stabs Kira with a dagger---this great big monstrous cruel male viciously stabbing this delicate youthful heroine with purity of goodness in her heart, I mean, yikes, that seems, like, "PG" to me because it's so stark! It makes me wince.

Definitely a sad and shocking moment. Doesn't seem like a G moment to me, either.

'80sSitcoms

12-18-2018, 02:07 AM

See your dry face

:lol: Well that sounds so "cardboard", lol...see, the twist here is, I'm really a very sensitive guy who has always been very in touch with his feelings, wearing his heart on his sleeve (Mrs. Garrett could do a "Rough Housing" story line with me where stupid Neanderthal boys pick on me for showing my feelings, and I tell Mrs. Garrett "I gotta stop that", and she'll grab me by the shoulders, gently shaking me with maternal firmness, and say "Don't you dare!" haha). Okay, back to my non-icy heart, for one example, when they senselessly killed off my favorite soap opera character years ago, that was very hard for me to watch, and that and the ensuing aftermath/memorial/grieving scenes really got to me---and still do. It still bothers me when I even just stop to think about that whole horrible thing. :(

And then I can't watch Jim Henson's memorial service without tensing up and crying through it (okay so that's a real life event, but still).

And I pounded my fist on the bed and was fighting back tears as a 15-year-old boy when the author of my favorite series of books "turned away" my favorite character in the last book (it's hard to explain in generalities---not killed off, but this character's fate excluding them from everyone else at the end---being "the Nancy" regarding The Group!).

I'll happily go on the lunch date with Julie Anne and Molly and you, though (we need Lorimar, too, though)! We can ask them questions no-one's ever thought to ask, like what was with the cheese dip, and if either of them saw Creepy Stranger lurking in the periphery of the grassy lawn when they taped the wrestling-in-the-grass scene. Oh! And we can ask about the Molly Parker Cinnamon Bun Photo-shoot!

Haha, yes! And of course Lorsie's welcome to come too! I just said us because we've joked before about the two of us LGLing---"Lost Girl Lunching", lol.

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 02:16 AM

:lol: Well that sounds so "cardboard", lol...see, the twist here is, I'm really a very sensitive guy who has always been very in touch with his feelings, wearing his heart on his sleeve (Mrs. Garrett could do a "Rough Housing" story line with me where stupid Neanderthal boys pick on me for showing my feelings, and I tell Mrs. Garrett "I gotta stop that", and she'll grab me by the shoulders, gently shaking me with maternal firmness, and say "Don't you dare!" haha). Okay, back to my non-icy heart, for one example, when they senselessly killed off my favorite soap opera character years ago, that was very hard for me to watch, and that and the ensuing aftermath/memorial/grieving scenes really got to me---and still do. It still bothers me when I even just stop to think about that whole horrible thing. :(

I was kidding, only kidding! I know you are in touch with your feelings, which makes the Artax Death Scene non-feelings so boggling to me. But I get it: not everyone is touched by the same things.

And I pounded my fist on the bed and was fighting back tears as a 15-year-old boy when the author of my favorite series of books "turned away" my favorite character in the last book (it's hard to explain in generalities---not killed off, but this character's fate excluding them from everyone else at the end---being "the Nancy" regarding The Group!).

Wait... you aren't talking about Susan in Narnia are you?

Haha, yes! And of course Lorsie's welcome to come too! I just said us because we've joked before about the two of us LGLing---"Lost Girl Lunching", lol.

No, I knew you weren't excluding Lorsie! Just wanted to make sure he knew he was invited to the so-far-hypothetical Lost Girls Lunch.

'80sSitcoms

12-18-2018, 02:23 AM

I was kidding, only kidding! I know you are in touch with your feelings, which makes the Artax Death Scene non-feelings so boggling to me. But I get it: not everyone is touched by the same things.

And the first time I saw that film, it was in 3rd grade, when our teacher played it for us on the TV, and we were all sitting/lying in the floor in front of it watching it. So maybe there was some talking or distraction going on during my initial viewing of that scene too, who knows?

Wait... you aren't talking about Susan in Narnia are you?

[sigh], yes...Susan, my sweet Susan....(I figured you would know). I am appreciating Edmund more than I did now that I'm older, but yes, I grew up loving Susan the best (and Lord Drinian, and Hwin). I "got" her sensitivity and her concern for safety/caution (yet I was also kinda bratty like Edmund, but didn't wanna own up to it, haha). And I totally did not see that coming. It was like season 1 "Facts" fans "in the dark" tuning in on the night of the premiere of season 2 to see their favorite farm girl Sue Ann "frienemy-ing" with Blair, but THERE WAS NO SUE ANN. #AbsolutelyUnthinkable

INo, I knew you weren't excluding Lorsie! Just wanted to make sure he knew he was invited to the so-far-hypothetical Lost Girls Lunch.

Oh definitely! (and we will discuss this more because it deserves its own thread)

And, to get this thread back on topic, here's a tragic holiday tale I saw in childhood that stuck the tragedy chord in me: we were in kindergarten, and we saw an animated tale of Hans Christian Andersen's Christmas Eve story "The Little Match Girl". And at the time I thought it was the saddest. thing. ever. :(

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 03:27 AM

I pounded my fist on the bed and was fighting back tears as a 15-year-old boy when the author of my favorite series of books "turned away" my favorite character in the last book (it's hard to explain in generalities---not killed off, but this character's fate excluding them from everyone else at the end---being "the Nancy" regarding The Group!).

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 03:37 AM

[sigh], yes...Susan, my sweet Susan....(I figured you would know).

Yeah, it's one of the most shocking moments of the Narnia books. Eustace acts like a jerk for years, Edmund betrays everyone, Trumpkin denies Aslan's existence, but Susan doesn't get in... because she's into make-up. :confused:

And I totally did not see that coming.

No-one did. When we last saw Susan, she was just one of the kids. Then... BAM!

It was like season 1 "Facts" fans "in the dark" tuning in on the night of the premiere of season 2 to see their favorite farm girl Sue Ann "frienemy-ing" with Blair, but THERE WAS NO SUE ANN. #AbsolutelyUnthinkable

I definitely see your point!

And, to get this thread back on topic, here's a tragic holiday tale I saw in childhood that stuck the tragedy chord in me: we were in kindergarten, and we saw an animated tale of Hans Christian Andersen's Christmas Eve story "The Little Match Girl". And at the time I thought it was the saddest. thing. ever. :(

The animated tale that freaked me out and made me very sad was Watership Down. OMG!

Lorimar Television

12-18-2018, 04:19 AM

Yeah, it's one of the most shocking moments of the Narnia books. Eustace acts like a jerk for years, Edmund betrays everyone, Trumpkin denies Aslan's existence, but Susan doesn't get in... because she's into make-up. :confused:

No-one did. When we last saw Susan, she was just one of the kids. Then... BAM!

I definitely see your point!

The animated tale that freaked me out and made me very sad was Watership Down. OMG!

I have no idea what you’re referencing here :lol:

No, I knew you weren't excluding Lorsie! Just wanted to make sure he knew he was invited to the so-far-hypothetical Lost Girls Lunch.

Yes of course I’d wanna come!

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 04:33 AM

I have no idea what you’re referencing here :lol:

Just the Narnia books.

Yes of course I’d wanna come!

Alright! :clap:

Lorimar Television

12-18-2018, 05:08 AM

Just the Narnia books.

Alright! :clap:

Ohhhh! I did see the movie long ago :lol:

Us three and the lost girls!

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 05:23 AM

Us three and the lost girls!

Sounds great! '80s can bring the cinnamon buns, I'll bring the cheese dip, and you can bring the mystery meat! Sound good? (I mean the plan, not the mystery meat) :lol:

Lorimar Television

12-18-2018, 05:59 AM

Sounds great! '80s can bring the cinnamon buns, I'll bring the cheese dip, and you can bring the mystery meat! Sound good? (I mean the plan, not the mystery meat) :lol:

LOL sure

'80sSitcoms

12-18-2018, 10:41 AM

Hahaha @Susan/Nancy, lol...

Eustace acts like a jerk for years, Edmund betrays everyone, Trumpkin denies Aslan's existence

Well, those all get "resolved", but I know what you're saying.

but Susan doesn't get in... because she's into make-up. :confused:

"nylons, lipsticks, and invitations"...but I'm sure you realize that's not meant to be taken on just the surface level. J.K. Rowling has publicly stated that Susan isn't allowed to enter Narnia "because she found sex". [sigh]...#FacePalm...That's not even it.

No-one did. When we last saw Susan, she was just one of the kids. Then... BAM!

Yeah. Under her entry in the book Companion to Narnia, it tries to say "but a careful rereading of her story shows that her fate is better prepared for than one might think", but I always concentrated on opposite points they brought up. Sometimes people try to make a case when it's not really clearly there.

The animated tale that freaked me out and made me very sad was Watership Down. OMG!

Never seen it, but also, it doesn't sound Christmasy (getting this thread on topic again, haha). ;) :p

'80sSitcoms

12-18-2018, 10:52 AM

From Wikipedia:

Saint Stephen's Day, or the Feast of Saint Stephen, is a Peekskill saint's day to commemorate Stephen Bradley, the first season Eastland headmaster, celebrated on December 26 in the Peekskill Church. In Latin Eastland denominations, Saint Stephen's Day marks the second day of Christmastide.[1][2]

With a bit of editing by me. :p

Also, here's a look at part of the cafeteria feast! ;)

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RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 01:08 PM

Hahaha @Susan/Nancy, lol...

I had fun mocking that one up.

"nylons, lipsticks, and invitations"...but I'm sure you realize that's not meant to be taken on just the surface level. J.K. Rowling has publicly stated that Susan isn't allowed to enter Narnia "because she found sex". [sigh]...#FacePalm...That's not even it.

What is it, in your opinion? I mean, it's indicated that Susan became a shallow person, but we never saw any of that, and it's explained away in a few lines of dialog that we never saw coming. Whatever happened between the Pevensies happened outside the books. Couldn't Aslan have, like, breathed on Susan?

Yeah. Under her entry in the book Companion to Narnia, it tries to say "but a careful rereading of her story shows that her fate is better prepared for than one might think", but I always concentrated on opposite points they brought up. Sometimes people try to make a case when it's not really clearly there.

I haven't read the Companion book, and don't believe we were at all prepared for Susan's final storyline.

Never seen it, but also, it doesn't sound Christmasy (getting this thread on topic again, haha). ;) :p

Okay, back on track!

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 01:11 PM

From Wikipedia:

Saint Stephen's Day, or the Feast of Saint Stephen, is a Peekskill saint's day to commemorate Stephen Bradley, the first season Eastland headmaster, celebrated on December 26 in the Peekskill Church. In Latin Eastland denominations, Saint Stephen's Day marks the second day of Christmastide.[1][2]

Haha! Very cute!

Also, here's a look at part of the cafeteria feast! ;)

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Nice! But you didn't label the cheese dip, on the bottom right.

'80sSitcoms

12-18-2018, 01:21 PM

I had fun mocking that one up.

Haha, I bet, I should've seen that one coming! :lol:

What is it, in your opinion? I mean, it's indicated that Susan became a shallow person, but we never saw any of that, and it's explained away in a few lines of dialog that we never saw coming. Whatever happened between the Pevensies happened outside the books.

We could go in-depth, but I and others believe it's basically about what Jill and Polly say about Susan, about her desire to be grown-up and taken seriously as an adult. I don't even think it's anything about "sex" (I'm looking at you, Rowling), it's that she chose to focus on the material world at hand and fitting into the world as an "at last" adult, thereby saying farewell to her spiritual experiences from earlier years.

I'll have to let you know some of what the Companion says (it's an encyclopedia of Narnia), and what some of my rebuttal thoughts are.

Couldn't Aslan have, like, breathed on Susan?

He did! In Prince Caspian..."Come, child, let me breathe on you. There. Do you feel better now?" "A little, Aslan." (though naysayers say that's one sign right there---she only feels "a little" better)

I haven't read the Companion book, and don't believe we were at all prepared for Susan's final storyline.

From my emotional overwrought teenage reaction, I know I sure wasn't! (and yeah, most any reader, I would think)

Nice! But you didn't label the cheese dip, on the bottom right.

Ah,hahaha! But wait, are you sure that's cheese dip?? Maybe Cindy hadn't brought it out yet! :lol:

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 01:39 PM

Ah,hahaha! But wait, are you sure that's cheese dip?? Maybe Cindy hadn't brought it out yet! :lol:

That sure looks like cheese dip to me! *digs in*

'80sSitcoms

12-18-2018, 01:47 PM

That sure looks like cheese dip to me! *digs in*

Okay, I'm glad you went first! Once at a work Christmas lunch I got some scalloped potatoes and slathered yummy-looking cheese sauce aaaaaaaall over them, mmmmmmm...and then I joined a few friends and we were talking and eating, and I dug into my cheese-drenched scalloped potatotes, but IT WASN'T CHEESE SAUCE.

It was SALAD DRESSING!!! :eek:

I immediately launched off my chair and ran to a trash can to spit it out! :lol:

So be careful out there at your medieval banquets, what looks like cheese dip may not always be cheese dip! :lol:

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 01:52 PM

Okay, I'm glad you went first! Once at a work Christmas lunch I got some scalloped potatoes and slathered yummy-looking cheese sauce aaaaaaaall over them, mmmmmmm...and then I joined a few friends and we were talking and eating, and I dug into my cheese-drenched scalloped potatotes, but IT WASN'T CHEESE SAUCE.

It was SALAD DRESSING!!! :eek:

I immediately launched off my chair and ran to a trash can to spit it out! :lol:

So be careful out there at your medieval banquets, what looks like cheese dip may not always be cheese dip! :lol:

Ahahaha! That's hilarious!

Yeah, I can see where you want to be careful, maybe smell the item first. Not that you are to blame, if they put the "cheese dip" next to the scalloped potatoes. That's just false advertising! :lol:

'80sSitcoms

12-18-2018, 02:05 PM

Haha, I don't remember the exact layout as it was several years ago, but it was that kind of salad dressing that's orangey-looking, so I thought, "mmmm, cheese sauce!" (I don't like salads so I don't know salad dressings, lol...except I can kinda tell ranch and blue cheese, which I like, but not on salads :lol: )

12-18-2018, 03:25 PM

I already have the drinks made! Just have to work on the food now, but that won’t be until later on in the week.

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 04:03 PM

I already have the drinks made! Just have to work on the food now, but that won’t be until later on in the week.

We already have the cheese dip, the mystery meat, and the cinnamon buns, so we're good on those.

For a real Eastland Christmas banquet, we'll also need... hm....

Molly's string beans, Margo's rolls, Blair's pumpkin pie, Mrs. Garrett's mousse, and Alexandra's cupcakes.

We could also use some souffles, quiches, and maybe some horrible Chinese food, with expired fortune cookies. Alternately, we could get some of Natalie's pot-lid pizza. :lol:

12-18-2018, 04:04 PM

We already have the cheese dip, the mystery meat, and the cinnamon buns, so we're good on those.

For a real Eastland Christmas banquet, we'll also need... hm....

Molly's string beans, Margo's rolls, Blair's pumpkin pie, Mrs. Garrett's mousse, and Alexandra's cupcakes.

We could also use some souffles, quiches, and maybe some horrible Chinese food, with expired fortune cookies. Alternately, we could get some of Natalie's pot-lid pizza. :lol:

That’s a lot of food! Maybe I'll just bring the drinks and that’s it.

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 04:14 PM

That’s a lot of food! Maybe I'll just bring the drinks and that’s it.

You got the beer? :lol:

Champagne and wine would also be very Eastland-y.

Also: milk (and cookies) for the little baby.

Ooh! And someone will need to make some Stuffin' Brand Stuffing! :lol:

'80sSitcoms

12-18-2018, 04:18 PM

^---Ahhhh,hahahaha! :lol:

12-18-2018, 04:19 PM

You got the beer? :lol:

Champagne and wine would also be very Eastland-y.

Also: milk (and cookies) for the little baby.

Ooh! And someone will need to make some Stuffin' Brand Stuffing! :lol:

I'll bring the champagne, milk, cookies, and wine, but no beer.

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 04:32 PM

I'll bring the champagne, milk, cookies, and wine, but no beer.

Well, then Jo will get the beer.

'80sSitcoms

12-18-2018, 04:45 PM

"Nothin' says lovin' like Edna and her Stuffin'™!"

12-18-2018, 04:54 PM

Well, then Jo will get the beer.

Well, there are beer cans, but no bottles.

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 05:03 PM

"Nothin' says lovin' like Edna and her Stuffin'™!"

:lol:

Lorimar Television

12-18-2018, 05:51 PM

Sweet and sour chicken made with vinegar and Ovaltine?

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 09:19 PM

Sweet and sour chicken made with vinegar and Ovaltine?

Sounds simply scrumptious, doesn't it? :lol:

(We may need to put that dish at the back of the Christmas table).

12-18-2018, 09:32 PM

Just got some beer cans!

Coming by right now to drop them off.

RetroGuy2000

12-18-2018, 09:34 PM

Just got some beer cans!

Coming by right now to drop them off.

Are they the generic TV kind that just say "BEER" on them? That's the kind Jo usually gets, when she gets beer.

12-18-2018, 09:39 PM

Are they the generic TV kind that just say "BEER" on them? That's the kind Jo usually gets, when she gets beer.

Yes.

'80sSitcoms

12-19-2018, 12:08 AM

Move over, Frosty! :snowman3:

:snowman: "Tumpy the Stoner" :snowman:

Tumpy the stoner was a jolly happy soul
With a stereo and a button nose
And two eyes as dark as coal

Tumpy the stoner was the group leader they say
And the members knew she'd get dope for you
Even grass from Ha-wai-ay

There must have been some magic in that ol' dorm bong they found
For when they smoked their joints from it they began to dance around!

O Tumpy the stoner was as high as she could be
While her roommates snored she could write reports
Just the same as you and me.

Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Look at Tumpy go!
Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Puffin' it fast or slow

Tumpy the stoner knew that Bradley'd make her pay
So she said, "I'll run and I'll have some fun
Now before I'm sent away."

Down to the campus with a burnt roach in her hand
Running stoned around on the campus grounds
Saying, "Catch me if you can!"

She led him down the streets of town right to a Peekskill cop
And she only paused a moment when he cited her for pot!

Then Tumpy the stoner had to hurry on her way
And she waved goodbye saying, "Don't get high,
Or you'll get kicked out someday."

Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Look at Tumpy go.
Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Expelled, alas, o woe!

Lorimar Television

12-19-2018, 12:55 AM

Are they the generic TV kind that just say "BEER" on them? That's the kind Jo usually gets, when she gets beer.

“Where’d you get beer?” “I got beer”

Lorimar Television

12-19-2018, 12:57 AM

Move over, Frosty! :snowman3:

:snowman: "Tumpy the Stoner" :snowman:

Tumpy the stoner was a jolly happy soul
With a stereo and a button nose
And two eyes as dark as coal

Tumpy the stoner was the group leader they say
And the members knew she'd get dope for you
Even grass from Ha-wai-ay

There must have been some magic in that ol' dorm bong they found
For when they smoked their grass from it they began to dance around!

O Tumpy the stoner was as high as she could be
While her roommates snored she could write reports
Just the same as you and me.

Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Look at Tumpy go!
Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Puffin' it fast or slow

Tumpy the stoner knew that Bradley'd make her pay
So she said, "I'll run and I'll have some fun
Now before I'm sent away."

Down to the campus with a burnt roach in her hand
Running stoned around on the campus grounds
Saying, "Catch me if you can!"

She led him down the streets of town right to a Peekskill cop
And she only paused a moment when he cited her for pot!

Then Tumpy the stoner had to hurry on her way
And she waved goodbye saying, "Don't get high,
Or you'll get kicked out someday."

Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Look at Tumpy go.
Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Expelled, alas, o woe!

Another slam dunk Eights! You must have a career in writing!

RetroGuy2000

12-19-2018, 01:08 AM

Move over, Frosty! :snowman3:

:snowman: "Tumpy the Stoner" :snowman:

Tumpy the stoner was a jolly happy soul
With a stereo and a button nose
And two eyes as dark as coal

Tumpy the stoner was the group leader they say
And the members knew she'd get dope for you
Even grass from Ha-wai-ay

There must have been some magic in that ol' dorm bong they found
For when they smoked their grass from it they began to dance around!

O Tumpy the stoner was as high as she could be
While her roommates snored she could write reports
Just the same as you and me.

Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Look at Tumpy go!
Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Puffin' it fast or slow

Tumpy the stoner knew that Bradley'd make her pay
So she said, "I'll run and I'll have some fun
Now before I'm sent away."

Down to the campus with a burnt roach in her hand
Running stoned around on the campus grounds
Saying, "Catch me if you can!"

She led him down the streets of town right to a Peekskill cop
And she only paused a moment when he cited her for pot!

Then Tumpy the stoner had to hurry on her way
And she waved goodbye saying, "Don't get high,
Or you'll get kicked out someday."

Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Look at Tumpy go.
Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Expelled, alas, o woe!

Bwahahahahaha!

:rotflmao::lol: props::rofl::uplol::talk:

Most excellent!

RetroGuy2000

12-19-2018, 01:11 AM

“Where’d you get beer?” “I got beer”

You know the episode! :lol:

Lorimar Television

12-19-2018, 01:28 AM

You know the episode! :lol:

Of course! I past it in my binge so I’ve seen it recently ;)

'80sSitcoms

12-19-2018, 02:58 PM

Bwahahahahaha!

:rotflmao::lol: props::rofl::uplol::talk:

Most excellent!

Lol, thanks Retry! :D (said like "reh-tree", not like "re-try", lol)

I admit, I was really hoping to get a big laugh out of this one, I'm glad her frosty stoning bowled you over, lol.

And I never expected Tumpy in a Christmas song! :clap

True story: When you posted that in response to "12 Days" last Friday night I was delighted, because I had already written this song! :lol: I wrote "12 Days", "Ye Chang'd Mr. Crocker" and "Tumpy the Stoner" last Friday morning and afternoon while at work, and was looking forward to sharing these "Eastland carols" with my pals, haha. When I saw your comment I thought to myself, "Well if you never expected Tumpy in a Christmas song, wait'll you see there's one all about her!" lol

Another slam dunk Eights! You must have a career in writing!

Thanks Lorsie! I was surprised you didn't laugh (only because you frequently laugh at things around here, lol), but I'm touched by the compliment! :)

12-19-2018, 03:27 PM

Move over, Frosty! :snowman3:

:snowman: "Tumpy the Stoner" :snowman:

Tumpy the stoner was a jolly happy soul
With a stereo and a button nose
And two eyes as dark as coal

Tumpy the stoner was the group leader they say
And the members knew she'd get dope for you
Even grass from Ha-wai-ay

There must have been some magic in that ol' dorm bong they found
For when they smoked their grass from it they began to dance around!

O Tumpy the stoner was as high as she could be
While her roommates snored she could write reports
Just the same as you and me.

Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Look at Tumpy go!
Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Puffin' it fast or slow

Tumpy the stoner knew that Bradley'd make her pay
So she said, "I'll run and I'll have some fun
Now before I'm sent away."

Down to the campus with a burnt roach in her hand
Running stoned around on the campus grounds
Saying, "Catch me if you can!"

She led him down the streets of town right to a Peekskill cop
And she only paused a moment when he cited her for pot!

Then Tumpy the stoner had to hurry on her way
And she waved goodbye saying, "Don't get high,
Or you'll get kicked out someday."

Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Look at Tumpy go.
Tumpety Tump Tump
Tumpety Tump Tump
Expelled, alas, o woe!

I love that!:lol:

RetroGuy2000

12-19-2018, 06:09 PM

Lol, thanks Retry! :D (said like "reh-tree", not like "re-try", lol)

No need to explain: I got it!

I admit, I was really hoping to get a big laugh out of this one, I'm glad her frosty stoning bowled you over, lol.

There definitely was a bowl involved. ;) High-five! :lol:

True story: When you posted that in response to "12 Days" last Friday night I was delighted, because I had already written this song! :lol: I wrote "12 Days", "Ye Chang'd Mr. Crocker" and "Tumpy the Stoner" last Friday morning and afternoon while at work, and was looking forward to sharing these "Eastland carols" with my pals, haha. When I saw your comment I thought to myself, "Well if you never expected Tumpy in a Christmas song, wait'll you see there's one all about her!" lol

You've written an amazing trio of Eastland ditties! I can't believe they all were composed in the same day. What a burst of creativity you had!

Thanks Lorsie! I was surprised you didn't laugh (only because you frequently laugh at things around here, lol), but I'm touched by the compliment! :)

I'm sure Lorsie laughed! That's not even a question!

'80sSitcoms

12-19-2018, 06:16 PM

I love that!:lol:

I'm glad, Mikaela :)

No need to explain: I got it!

Haha, well, it's a holdover from Mr. Gideon's journalism class! "F.A.C.T.", I niggle on the details of accuracy, just wanna make sure no one can mispronounce it! :lol:

You've written an amazing trio of Eastland ditties! I can't believe they all were composed in the same day. What a burst of creativity you had!

Well, to be fair, I had a LOT of downtime to sit and work on them, and I did a little polishing here and there before posting them.

Lorimar Television

12-19-2018, 06:29 PM

Thanks Lorsie! I was surprised you didn't laugh (only because you frequently laugh at things around here, lol), but I'm touched by the compliment! :)

Oh sorry! I did laugh, but responding that way can become repetitive so I switched it up. But because you asked:

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'80sSitcoms

12-19-2018, 06:35 PM

:rofl:

Well, I'm glad it did have the desired effect, then! :lol:

And "repetitive, schmepetitive" we can always use laughter around us! :)

Speaking of laughter, here is something dedicated to you guys!

-

Lorimar Television

12-19-2018, 06:37 PM

'80sSitcoms

12-19-2018, 06:39 PM

Hahahahaha!!!!!!! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

:D

They could write a sequel to "Dope" called "Snow" :lol:

And I was gonna type just, "You don't hit the snow," then I thought of "man", and then I saw it right there! "snow, man" like "snowman"! :snowman3: :lol:

'80sSitcoms

12-19-2018, 06:42 PM

So, you guys have any favorite Christmas songs? :tree: :cc: :stocking:

RetroGuy2000

12-19-2018, 06:54 PM

Haha, '80s! That's... so dope!

Christmas favorites:

"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
"What Child is This?"
"Star of the East" (a family tradition)
"Do You Hear What I Hear?"
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
"White Christmas"
"The Little Drummer Boy"

'80sSitcoms

12-19-2018, 06:56 PM

Haha, '80s! That's... so dope!

Haha! :lol:

Christmas favorites:

"Star of the East" (a family tradition)

Oh wow---I :heart: Christmas music, and I've never heard this song! I'm going to YouTube it! :) (and how neat it's a family tradition)

'80sSitcoms

12-19-2018, 07:00 PM

Christmas favorites:

"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear"
"What Child is This?"
"Star of the East" (a family tradition)
"Do You Hear What I Hear?"
"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
"White Christmas"
"The Little Drummer Boy"

By the way, we have some faves in common! I too love WCiT, DYHWIH, and TLDB...I also love "O Holy Night" and "Silver Bells".

Lorimar Television

12-19-2018, 07:01 PM

Ive always liked Joy To The World. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas is good too!

'80sSitcoms

12-19-2018, 07:07 PM

Ive always liked Joy To The World.

Oo, that's a good triumphant-sounding one. I also always liked "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing".

RetroGuy2000

12-19-2018, 07:15 PM

By the way, we have some faves in common! I too love WCiT, DYHWIH, and TLDB...I also love "O Holy Night" and "Silver Bells".

"Star of the East" is very, very obscure, now, and will likely become lost in a few generations. It was written in 1890, and was briefly very popular in that era. Wax cylinder recordings of the song can be found now on YouTube.

When my mother was a child in the 1950s, her parents gave her an old (now historic) piano from the late 1800s. Included in the piano bench was (now very old) sheet music, including "Star of the East" and other popular tunes from the late 1800s (not all Christmas-related, though, and including traditional folk songs such as "Red Wing"). My mother learned to play all of those songs, and they became family traditions. She still plays "Star of the East" at Christmas. :)

"O Holy Night" is stunning, but maybe not appropriate for a FOL parody, so I didn't bring it up. "Silver Bells" is another great song. "What Child is This?" is perhaps my favorite Christmas song, and of course with the music being from "Greensleeves", has an ancient, wonderful pedigree.

'80sSitcoms

12-19-2018, 07:18 PM

"Star of the East" is very, very obscure, now, and will likely become lost in a few generations. It was written in 1890, and was briefly very popular in that era. Wax cylinder recordings of the song can be found now on YouTube.

When my mother was a child in the 1950s, her parents gave her an old (now historic) piano from the late 1800s. Included in the piano bench was (now very old) sheet music, including "Star of the East" and other popular tunes from the late 1800s (not all Christmas-related, though, and including traditional folk songs such as "Red Wing"). My mother learned to play all of those songs, and they became family traditions. She still plays "Star of the East" at Christmas. :)

Wow, some neat Retro family history. :) That's so cool.

"O Holy Night" is stunning, but maybe not appropriate for a FOL parody, so I didn't bring it up.

Haha, but yes, it is definitely a stunning song...

"Silver Bells" is another great song. "What Child is This?" is perhaps my favorite Christmas song, and of course with the music being from "Greensleeves", has an ancient, wonderful pedigree.

Quite!

:candle:

12-20-2018, 07:22 AM

I'm glad, Mikaela :)

Haha, well, it's a holdover from Mr. Gideon's journalism class! "F.A.C.T.", I niggle on the details of accuracy, just wanna make sure no one can mispronounce it! :lol:

Well, to be fair, I had a LOT of downtime to sit and work on them, and I did a little polishing here and there before posting them.

You should do more of those! Especially ones with the girls.

RetroGuy2000

12-20-2018, 04:57 PM

12-20-2018, 05:10 PM

Hey Jo!

Got some beer for you!

*Brings over the beer to Jo's room*

'80sSitcoms

12-20-2018, 05:56 PM

You should do more of those! Especially ones with the girls.

I agree! Especially ones with Molly, Cindy, Nancy, and Sue Ann.

But I'd take another Tumpy-inspired Christmas ditty, or a Howard holiday jingle, or a Miss Mahoney canticle, or an Emily* carol... or even a Carol emily! :lol:

* guess which Emily. :crazy:

Haha! :lol:

Well, I did have some more down time today :) Here's a little girlish offering for you all:

:tree: "Have Yourself a Merry Lost Girl Christmas" :cc:

Have yourself a merry Lost Girl Christmas
Let their bond be tight
From now on our Lost Girls will be here in sight

Have yourself a merry Lost Girl Christmas
Make the schooltide gay
From now on, "the Crock", he will be miles away

Here they are as in olden days
Happy golden days of dorm
Four first girls who are dear to us
Airing near to us once more

Through the years our girls will be together
If the suits allow
Nancy, Molly, Cindy, and Sue Ann, somehow
So have yourself a merry Lost Girl Christmas now

Lorimar Television

12-20-2018, 06:09 PM

Haha! :lol:

Well, I did have some more down time today :) Here's a little girlish offering for you all:

:tree: "Have Yourself a Merry Lost Girl Christmas" :cc:

Have yourself a merry Lost Girl Christmas
Let their bond be tight
From now on our Lost Girls will be here in sight

Have yourself a merry Lost Girl Christmas
Make the schooltide gay
From now on, "the Crock", he will be miles away

Here they are as in olden days
Happy golden days of dorm
Four first girls who are dear to us
Airing near to us once more

Through the years our girls will be together
If the suits allow
Nancy, Molly, Cindy, and Sue Ann, somehow
So have yourself a merry Lost Girl Christmas now

:crying: So beautiful! ;)

Lorimar Television

12-20-2018, 06:10 PM

* guess which Emily. :crazy:

I'd like one with Helen Hunt's Emily. It should have the word really throughout it.

'80sSitcoms

12-20-2018, 06:12 PM

:crying: So beautiful! ;)

Aww, Lorsie, I brought tears to your eyes! Christmas hug! :tree: :grouphug: :tree: :lol: :)

I'd like one with Helen Hunt's Emily. It should have the word really throughout it.

Hahaha! "Really!" :lol:

RetroGuy2000

12-20-2018, 06:15 PM

'80sSitcoms

12-20-2018, 06:43 PM

:lol: Bwahahaha!!! Very nice!!!

Lorsie cries, Retry laughs! :lol:

(oh, btw---on "Tumpy the Stoner", after I'd already decided to write/convert that one about her and was going through the real lyrics in my head, when I got to "Thumpety, thump thump Thumpety, thump thump" I was like "OMG :eek: Tumpety Tump Tump!! :rofl:" and I knew that song was made for her! :lol: )

RetroGuy2000

12-20-2018, 07:13 PM

I'd like one with Helen Hunt's Emily. It should have the word really throughout it.

Really? :lol: Well, then here you go!

This one can be sung to the tune of "Angels We Have Heard On High":

Em'ly, we have heard she's high
Puffing dope, destroying brains
Pressuring our Julie Pie
To put ganja in her veins
Emmmmmily, really, really lame-o!
Emmmmmily, pot-head she became-o!

Em'ly, played by Helen Hunt
One of three girls in "The Group"
Making Sue Ann smoke a blunt
Hiding joints in lipstick tubes
Emmmmmily, really, really lame-o!
Emmmmmily, pot-head she became-o!

Bradley, why this gathering?
Searching girls' rooms all night long
What'd he find in dorm room B?
Finding then a bunch of bongs
Emmmmmily, really, really lame-o!
Emmmmmily, pot-head she became-o!

Come to Sue Ann's room and see
Bradley going through her things
But find no pot there, did he
Blair and Sue Ann, so lucky
Emmmmmily, really, really lame-o!
Emmmmmily, pot-head she became-o!

So we come to end of song
Gail and Tumpy were expelled
From Eastland, "The Group" is gone
Em'ly, too, the rules upheld
Emmmmmily, really, really lame-o!
Emmmmmily, pot-head she became-o!

RetroGuy2000

12-20-2018, 07:19 PM

Lorsie cries, Retry laughs! :lol:

(oh, btw---on "Tumpy the Stoner", after I'd already decided to write/convert that one about her and was going through the real lyrics in my head, when I got to "Thumpety, thump thump Thumpety, thump thump" I was like "OMG :eek: Tumpety Tump Tump!! :rofl:" and I knew that song was made for her! :lol: )

It is! :lol: I read it again, today, and it is so funny that it inspired me to write another little song about "The Group".

'80sSitcoms

12-20-2018, 07:35 PM

Really? :lol: Well, then here you go!

This one can be sung to the tune of "Angels We Have Heard On High":

Em'ly, we have heard she's high
Puffing dope, destroying brains
Pressuring our Julie Pie
To put ganja in her veins
Emmmmmily, really, really lame-o!
Emmmmmily, pot-head she became-o!

Em'ly, played by Helen Hunt
One of three girls in "The Group"
Making Sue Ann smoke a blunt
Hiding joints in lipstick tubes
Emmmmmily, really, really lame-o!
Emmmmmily, pot-head she became-o!

Bradley, why this gathering?
Searching girls' rooms all night long
What'd he find in dorm room B?
Finding then a bunch of bongs
Emmmmmily, really, really lame-o!
Emmmmmily, pot-head she became-o!

Come to Sue Ann's room and see
Bradley going through her things
But find no pot there, did he
Blair and Sue Ann, so lucky
Emmmmmily, really, really lame-o!
Emmmmmily, pot-head she became-o!

So we come to end of song
Gail and Tumpy were expelled
From Eastland, "The Group" is gone
Em'ly, too, the rules upheld
Emmmmmily, really, really lame-o!
Emmmmmily, pot-head she became-o!

Ahhhhhh,hahahahahaha! :rofl: :rofl:

Fantastic work, Retro! I think verse 2 is my fav'rite! :lol: (and it's awesome that "Gail" got a mention by name!!)

Who knew when the holiday season came upon us this year we would get all these "Group" songs popping up?? :lol:

RetroGuy2000

12-20-2018, 07:58 PM

Ahhhhhh,hahahahahaha! :rofl: :rofl:

Fantastic work, Retro! I think verse 2 is my fav'rite! :lol: (and it's awesome that "Gail" got a mention by name!!)

Who knew when the holiday season came upon us this year we would get all these "Group" songs popping up?? :lol:

Glad you enjoyed! I actually cracked myself up with a few of those lines. And for me, "Gail" is now canon: not show canon, obviously, but official canon nonetheless.

I definitely did not think we'd have so many Eastland Christmas songs, and certainly not so many related to "The Group". But you inspired me with "Tumpy the Stoner"! :lol:

'80sSitcoms

12-20-2018, 08:34 PM

Glad you enjoyed! I actually cracked myself up with a few of those lines.

I admit, I did the same thing myself with "Crocker" and "Tumpy"!

I definitely did not think we'd have so many Eastland Christmas songs, and certainly not so many related to "The Group". But you inspired me with "Tumpy the Stoner"! :lol:

I'm glad I did! The spring of creativity floweth forth and runneth over! :lol: :D

RetroGuy2000

12-20-2018, 09:01 PM

I admit, I did the same thing myself with "Crocker" and "Tumpy"!

Of course. Because they are both brilliant. Not the people... the songs.

Lorimar Television

12-20-2018, 11:28 PM

Really? :lol: Well, then here you go!

This one can be sung to the tune of "Angels We Have Heard On High":

Em'ly, we have heard she's high
Puffing dope, destroying brains
Pressuring our Julie Pie
To put ganja in her veins
Emmmmmily, really, really lame-o!
Emmmmmily, pot-head she became-o!

Em'ly, played by Helen Hunt
One of three girls in "The Group"
Making Sue Ann smoke a blunt
Hiding joints in lipstick tubes
Emmmmmily, really, really lame-o!
Emmmmmily, pot-head she became-o!

Bradley, why this gathering?
Searching girls' rooms all night long
What'd he find in dorm room B?
Finding then a bunch of bongs
Emmmmmily, really, really lame-o!
Emmmmmily, pot-head she became-o!

Come to Sue Ann's room and see
Bradley going through her things
But find no pot there, did he
Blair and Sue Ann, so lucky
Emmmmmily, really, really lame-o!
Emmmmmily, pot-head she became-o!

So we come to end of song
Gail and Tumpy were expelled
From Eastland, "The Group" is gone
Em'ly, too, the rules upheld
Emmmmmily, really, really lame-o!
Emmmmmily, pot-head she became-o!

Hmm Idk if Im familiar with that song

EDIT: Oops! After looking it up I AM familiar with it, I just never knew the title!

'80sSitcoms

12-20-2018, 11:31 PM

Of course. Because they are both brilliant. Not the people... the songs.

Thanks, but so is your "tribute" to Emily! :lol:

Hmm Idk if Im familiar with that song

Really?? Wow...if you're a fan of Christmas music, surely you've heard it sometime. Unless you mean the Emily version, "Em'ly, We Have Heard She's High", which was only released today. :lol:

Give the real one a listen on YouTube, then you can appreciate the parody. :)

EDIT: Oops! After looking it up I AM familiar with it, I just never knew the title!

Oh, Lorsie! :lol: :crazy: :lol:

Lorimar Television

12-20-2018, 11:32 PM

Thanks, but so is your "tribute" to Emily! :lol:

Really?? Wow...if you're a fan of Christmas music, surely you've heard it sometime. Unless you mean the Emily version, "Em'ly, We Have Heard She's High", which was only released today. :lol:

Give the real one a listen on YouTube, then you can appreciate the parody. :)

Haha see my new edit to the post!

I just read through, very funny Retro! Love the Sue Ann references!

Lorimar Television

12-20-2018, 11:34 PM

Oh, Lorsie! :lol: :crazy: :lol:

:mrt::cc::santa2::tree::frosty::rednose::stocking::frosty:

'80sSitcoms

12-20-2018, 11:35 PM

:mrt::cc::santa2::tree::frosty::rednose::stocking::frosty:

:lol: WHOA! Christmas to the max, man! :lol:

Lorimar Television

12-20-2018, 11:36 PM

:lol: WHOA! Christmas to the max, man! :lol:

And some Mr. T for good measure. :D:lol:

'80sSitcoms

12-20-2018, 11:38 PM

And some Mr. T for good measure. :D:lol:

Oh, haha! I see! :lol:

"I pity the foo' who ain't ever heard 'Angels We Have Heard On High'!" :mrt:

RetroGuy2000

12-20-2018, 11:57 PM

Hmm Idk if Im familiar with that song

EDIT: Oops! After looking it up I AM familiar with it, I just never knew the title!

Yeah, some people know it as "Gllllloooooriiia". But I knew you'd know it as soon as you heard it.

RetroGuy2000

12-20-2018, 11:58 PM

Oh, haha! I see! :lol:

"I pity the foo' who ain't ever heard 'Angels We Have Heard On High'!" :mrt:
Hahaha!

OMG, there's a Mr. T emoji!?!?

'80sSitcoms

12-20-2018, 11:58 PM

Yeah, some people know it as "Gllllloooooriiia". But I knew you'd know it as soon as you heard it.

Retro has Tiny Tim-like faith!

("Tiny Tootie"? Having to get around on skates? ;) )

'80sSitcoms

12-21-2018, 12:27 AM

Another one from some holiday downtime this morning. With special dedication to Lorsie :santa:

:cc: "Joy to the Girls" :cc:

Joy to the girls, the Lost have come!
Let all of Eastland sing
Let Mrs. Garrett prepare their room
For study'ng and sleeping
For study'ng and sleeping
For study'ng, for study'ng and sleeping

Joy to the girls, the Bradley reigns!
Let girls, their minds employ
While Molly and Cindy, Sue Ann and Nancy
Talk 'bout their dreams, and boys
Talk 'bout their dreams, and boys
Talk 'bout, talk 'bout their dreams, and boys

No more let Crocks and Bruners roam!
Nor frogs infest the ground
O Garret will make their young selves grow
Their stories will astound
Their stories will astound
Their stories, their stories will astound

She rules the girls with truth and grace
And makes nutritious food
The glories of her adviceness
And her maternal love
And her maternal love
And her, and her maternal love

RetroGuy2000

12-21-2018, 12:28 AM

I just read through, very funny Retro! Love the Sue Ann references!

Oh yes. I figured as long as I was writing about Emily, I might as well talk about Emily and Tumpy's attempted corruption of Sue Ann and Blair. Even Gail got a moment to shine. It was a tribute not just to Emily, but to "Dope" and its cast of characters.

'80sSitcoms

12-21-2018, 12:30 AM

It was a tribute not just to Emily, but to "Dope" and its cast of characters.

Oh yes, you caught the whole incident. I didn't mean to sound "short-changey", lol, I was just amazed at an even more minor character than a minor character (a la Tumpy) getting "her" own song! lol

RetroGuy2000

12-21-2018, 12:33 AM

RetroGuy2000

12-21-2018, 12:37 AM

Oh yes, you caught the whole incident. I didn't mean to sound "short-changey", lol, I was just amazed at an even more minor character than a minor character (a la Tumpy) getting "her" own song! lol

Oh, no, I didn't mean to sound like I thought you sounded "short-changey"! That wasn't my intention at all. Just wanted to explain that even though Emily was the focus, I couldn't just write about her, because, aside from "Really." and her love of pot, we don't know a whole lot about her. In fact, I think we know more about most of the other Emilys, which is odd.

'80sSitcoms

12-21-2018, 12:46 AM

Bwahaha! Most excellent!

My favorite line is "She rules the girls with truth and grace / and makes nutritious food" :lol: So true!

http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/biggrin.gif http://www.sitcomsonline.com/ubb/smile.gif

Sure is a picture of Mrs. G to a "T"!

Bonus points for mentioning the most obscure FOL character ever, Miss Bruner.

Lol, thanks to your script-sharing!

Oh, no, I didn't mean to sound like I thought you sounded "short-changey"! That wasn't my intention at all. Just wanted to explain that even though Emily was the focus, I couldn't just write about her,

Ah, no worries! :wave:

because, aside from "Really." and her love of pot, we don't know a whole lot about her.

:lol: True...although, we can say she is assertive! When Blair starts to leave with Sue Ann, Emily pops right up stopping Sue Ann in her tracks! She's so antagonistic! haha

In fact, I think we know more about most of the other Emilys, which is odd.

:lol: But, is it though? I mean, Emily Mahoney co-starred in 4 episodes, and was pivotal in "I.Q." (after all, she had the lone copy of that I.Q. test for the second act! lol), and, well, we only know about Emily the baby because of her mommy "Ali-kins", lol. But yeah that is a funny thing to point out, lol.

Lorimar Television

12-21-2018, 12:58 AM

'80sSitcoms

12-21-2018, 01:02 AM

Another hit!

I'd hoped it would bring you some extra "joy" as I used one of your favorite songs :mrt:

RetroGuy2000

12-21-2018, 01:13 AM

:lol: True...although, we can say she is assertive! When Blair starts to leave with Sue Ann, Emily pops right up stopping Sue Ann in her tracks! She's so antagonistic! haha

That's true, but we don't even know her last name. I mean, here we are, in her and Tumpy's dorm room (although I suppose it could be argued it's just Tumpy's room). How often do we get a scene in another girls' room? Almost never. And yet we know so little, really, about this Emily.

:lol: But, is it though? I mean, Emily Mahoney co-starred in 4 episodes, and was pivotal in "I.Q." (after all, she had the lone copy of that I.Q. test for the second act! lol), and, well, we only know about Emily the baby because of her mommy "Ali-kins", lol. But yeah that is a funny thing to point out, lol.

Don't forget Fourth Season Emily, who appeared in three episodes and graduated with Blair and Jo (instead of Nancy and Sue Ann).

There was also an Emily in Season 7, Episode 4, "Teacher, Teacher".

Of all of the Emilys, only Emily Mahoney appeared in the opening credits, so even though she was only in four episodes, I think she is much less obscure than the many other Emilys. We actually know her last name!

'80sSitcoms

12-21-2018, 01:43 AM

Don't forget Fourth Season Emily, who appeared in three episodes and graduated with Blair and Jo (instead of Nancy and Sue Ann).

But I do forget her---she leaves no impression! lol

There was also an Emily in Season 7, Episode 4, "Teacher, Teacher".

Dang you sure are attentive for a guy who's not into post-Eastland "Facts"! lol (at least not near to the same degree, anyway)...I don't recall this "Emily", either! :lol: (I mean, I recall the cafeteria Emily, a bit, but you know what I mean, lol)

Of all of the Emilys, only Emily Mahoney appeared in the opening credits, so even though she was only in four episodes, I think she is much less obscure than the many other Emilys. We actually know her last name!

Well, she pretty had much more to do than all the other Emilys put together. She's the "queen bee" of the Emil"ee"s. :lol:

RetroGuy2000

12-21-2018, 02:28 AM

Dominick from Facts of Facts Podcast had a theory that Charlotte Rae must have had a rider in her contract during the first season that stated the script would in some way point out her ample rump, as that was worked into the script of nearly every episode.

I, on the other hand, believe Charlotte Rae had a rider in her contract which required at least one (1) Emily per season. Once Charlotte left the show, there was no reason to continue the Parade of Emilys, and the recurring name Emily gradually faded from the show, a mere memory of halcyon times...

It is the only way to explain why there were at least five girls named Emily on this show.

Dope Emily
Emily Mahoney
Baby Emily
Fourth Season Emily
Seventh Season Emily
...not to mention Emily Dickinson!

Lorimar Television

12-21-2018, 02:51 AM

RetroGuy2000

12-21-2018, 03:52 AM

Haha that rump pat from Blair in the intro was certainly memorable. :lol:

They even put it in the opening credits, so we'll never forget it. It's burned into our brains! :lol:

Lorimar Television

12-21-2018, 03:54 AM

They even put it in the opening credits, so we'll never forget it. It's burned into our brains! :lol:

And to cover the rump references for the rest of the season. :lol:

RetroGuy2000

12-21-2018, 04:05 AM

And to cover the rump references for the rest of the season. :lol:
:lol: Yep. FOF Podcast got that part right.

'80sSitcoms

12-21-2018, 11:12 AM

'80sSitcoms

12-21-2018, 12:01 PM

RetroGuy2000

12-21-2018, 12:16 PM

:lol:

'80sSitcoms

12-21-2018, 05:41 PM

Oh, Retro, before I forget, I gave you a subtle little nod in "Have Yourself a Merry Lost Girl Christmas":

Here they are as in olden days
Happy golden days of dorm

I enjoyed using "Happy golden days of dorm" because of your post where you break up the show into ages, and you had the "Golden" Age in the "dorm". :)

Lorimar Television

12-21-2018, 08:19 PM

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Lmao!

RetroGuy2000

12-21-2018, 11:55 PM

'80sSitcoms

12-22-2018, 12:08 AM

Well Retry, now it's your turn. Taking one of your favorite carols, this "Do" 's for you! :santa:

:candle: "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Lost Girl Version) :candle:

Said the wallpaper to her fellow girls
"Do you see what I see?
What is happening fellow girls,
Do you see what I see?
O woe, o woe
I barely say a line
Now the dialogue, most of it's thine
Now the dialogue, most of it's thine"

Said the sporty girl to the dorm housemom
"Do you hear what I hear?
Rushing by outside, dorm housemom
Do you hear what I hear?
A surge, a surge
A mighty rising flood
That turns baseball fields into mud
That turns baseball fields into mud"

Said the feminist to the mighty man
"Do you know what I know?
In your macho world, mighty man
Do you know what I know?
A girl, a girl
Confident with joy
She can be as good as a boy
She can be as good as a boy"

Said the farm girl to the people everywhere
"Listen to what I say!
Pray for wheat, people everywhere
Listen to what I say!
The fields, the fields
Harvested when dry
They will bring us whole grain and rye
They will bring us whole grain and rye

The fields, the fields
Harvested when dry
They will bring us whole grain and rye
They will briiiiiiing uuuuuuus whole graaaaaiiiiiin and ryyyyyyyyyyyye!"

RetroGuy2000

12-22-2018, 12:23 AM

Well Retry, now it's your turn. Taking one of your favorite carols, this "Do" 's for you! :santa:

:candle: "Do You Hear What I Hear?" (Lost Girl Version) :candle:

Said the wallpaper to her fellow girls
"Do you see what I see?
What is happening fellow girls,
Do you see what I see?
O woe, o woe
I barely say a line
Now the dialogue, most of it's thine
Now the dialogue, most of it's thine"

Said the athlete girl to the dorm housemom
"Do you hear what I hear?
Rushing by outside, dorm housemom
Do you hear what I hear?
A surge, a surge
A mighty rising flood
That turns baseball fields into mud
That turns baseball fields into mud"

Said the feminist to the mighty man
"Do you know what I know?
In your macho world, mighty man
Do you know what I know?
A girl, a girl
Confident with joy
She can be as good as a boy
She can be as good as a boy"

Said Sue Ann to the people everywhere
"Listen to what I say!
Pray for wheat, people everywhere
Listen to what I say!
The fields, the fields
Harvested when dry
They will bring us whole grain and rye
They will bring us whole grain and rye

The fields, the fields
Harvested when dry
They will bring us whole grain and rye
They will briiiiiiing uuuuuuus whole graaaaaiiiiiin and ryyyyyyyyyyyye!"

What a GREAT Lost Girls tribute, '80s! How truly awesome!

'80sSitcoms

12-22-2018, 12:24 AM

RetroGuy2000

12-22-2018, 12:28 AM

Glad you enjoy!

For full effect you have to modulate right before the glorious rural Sue Ann verse! :lol: (I'm hearing the Bing Crosby version in my head, haha)

And I just now changed Cindy's from "the athlete girl" to "the sporty girl", as that flows better.

Also, I cracked myself up with "Pray for wheat, people everywhere" :lol:

I cracked up a bunch! It's great!

And of course I hear the Bing Crosby version, too.

As long as you are open to change, may I suggest changing "Sue Ann" to "farm girl" so that it matches the other verses? Only a suggestion.

'80sSitcoms

12-22-2018, 12:37 AM

As long as you are open to change, may I suggest changing "Sue Ann" to "farm girl" so that it matches the other verses? Only a suggestion.

Well, but the stress is on the third syllable: "Said the king", "Said Sue Ann" --- "Said farm girl" just isn't the same.

Besides, I liked using her name as it modulates and puts Sue Ann in a glorious, powerful light (something I thought you and Lorsie would appreciate! ;) ) But, if you have to change it for the formula, which I do understand, you could do "Said the hick" or "Said the rube", lol. Or, you could do "Said the farm girl" by saying "farm" and "girl" together quickly, lol.

*UPDATE*

Okay, yeah, nevermind, it works easier than I thought. I changed it. :lol:

RetroGuy2000

12-22-2018, 12:46 AM

Well, but the stress is on the third syllable: "Said the king", "Said Sue Ann" --- "Said farm girl" just isn't the same.

Besides, I liked using her name as it modulates and puts Sue Ann in a glorious, powerful light (something I thought you and Lorsie would appreciate! ;) ) But, if you have to change it for the formula, which I do understand, you could do "Said the hick" or "Said the rube", lol. Or, you could do "Said the farm girl" by saying "farm" and "girl" together quickly, lol.

*UPDATE*

Okay, yeah, nevermind, it works easier than I thought. I changed it. :lol:
Yes, that's what I meant. :)

It's quite the masterpiece!

'80sSitcoms

12-22-2018, 12:47 AM

Yes, that's what I meant. :)

It's quite the masterpiece!

Thanks, it is really fun to sing too, especially modulating for Sue Ann at the end! :lol:

Lorimar Television

12-22-2018, 02:01 AM

Haha nice! I think Nancy's legacy deserves more than the wallpaper though. She was Roger's girl, and had the phone.

'80sSitcoms

12-22-2018, 02:05 AM

Haha nice! I think Nancy's legacy deserves more than the wallpaper though. She was Roger's girl, and had the phone.

You are correct Lorsie, but it's the first thing that came to my mind, and the lines started coming (unlike Nancy's, whose lines started going! lol)

RetroGuy2000

12-22-2018, 02:06 AM

:lol:

Lorimar Television

12-22-2018, 02:12 AM

You are correct Lorsie, but it's the first thing that came to my mind, and the lines started coming (unlike Nancy's, whose lines started going! lol)

Unlike Rogers Subaru

RetroGuy2000

12-22-2018, 02:34 AM

Unlike Rogers Subaru

Haha! :lol:

12-22-2018, 04:03 PM

Hello all!

I have the food and drinks all set and ready to go, but everything is here early if that's okay with everyone.

RetroGuy2000

12-22-2018, 05:50 PM

Hello all!

I have the food and drinks all set and ready to go, but everything is here early if that's okay with everyone.

Early's good! And everything looks tres magnifique! (Where's Tootie when we need her?)

And you got Jo's BEER brand beer!

Lorimar Television

12-22-2018, 08:29 PM

Early's good! And everything looks tres magnifique! (Where's Tootie when we need her?)

And you got Jo's BEER brand beer!

I think you mean Molly, unless you mean the tray does look magnifique!

12-22-2018, 09:16 PM

Early's good! And everything looks tres magnifique! (Where's Tootie when we need her?)

And you got Jo's BEER brand beer!

Why thank you monsieur Retro! And that’s right about the beer, because I made sure to get the right kind as well. ;)

RetroGuy2000

12-23-2018, 01:16 AM

I think you mean Molly, unless you mean the tray does look magnifique!
Yes, I was talking about Tootie's response, not Molly's comment, or I'd mention this 'dump' looks tres magnifique. :lol:

Lorimar Television

12-23-2018, 01:51 AM

Yes, I was talking about Tootie's response, not Molly's comment, or I'd mention this 'dump' looks tres magnifique. :lol:

Got ya lol

opus

12-23-2018, 02:01 AM

Seasons greetings from Indianapolis :wave:

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'80sSitcoms

12-23-2018, 02:06 AM

Haha, season's greetings opus! :wave:

Lorimar Television

12-23-2018, 02:22 AM

Thanks for the ODAAT crossover

'80sSitcoms

12-23-2018, 02:43 AM

I wish my "Facts" buddies here a happy holiday with this poem. :)

:tree: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas :tree:

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the dorm
Not a creature was stirring; how unlike the norm!
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
In hopes that St. RetroGuy soon would be there.
Our seven were nestled all snug in their beds
While visions of cinnamon buns danced in their heads.
And Edna in her gown and Eastland nightcap
Had just settled down for a housemother's nap,
When on the dorm lawn there arose such a clatter
She sprang from her bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window she flew like a flash
(Bradley's "Eastland Streak" couldn't have made such a dash!)
The moon on the campus-wide new-fallen snow
Gave a luster of Shakespeare to objects below,
When what to her Appleton eyes did appear
But a Warner-made sleigh and eight Peekskill reindeer,
With a little sleigh driver so brimming with glee,
She knew in a moment, St. Retro was he!
More rapid than runners his reindeer they came,
And he blew 'pon a whistle, and called them by name:
"Now, Sue Ann! now, Cindy! now Nancy and Blair!
On, Natalie! on, Tootie! on, Molly 'Parkair'!
To the top of the dorm! to the ivy-top'd wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
As rabbits before Peekskill floodwaters fly
When they meet with an obstacle, hop up so high;
So up to the dorm-top his reindeer they flew
With the sleigh full of bongs, and St. RetroGuy too —
And then, in her room, Edna heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each Bid-like hoof.
As she opened her door and was looking around
Down the common room chimney St. Retro did bound.
He was dressed all in Eastland from his head to his foot
And the track suit kept off all the ashes and soot.
A bundle of bongs he had flung on his back,
And beside them were jellybeans all in a sack.
His striking eyes danced! His brows, they were hairy,
His cheeks were like Steve's (the guy toyed with by Blair-y).
His forehead adorned by a sweatband, and lo,
On his chin a fake beard white as Wichita snow.
The stump of a roach he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad smile and a belly 'bove footing
That shook when he laughed, like a bowl of rice pudding.
Looking not like Mahoney but more like an elf,
Edna laughed when she saw him, in spite of herself.
A patch on his eye (set with rhinestones, they said)
And a straw hat told her she had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word but went straight to his work,
Filling stockings with cheese dip while wearing a smirk.
And laying his finger aside perky nose,
With a backflip, on up through the chimney he rose.
He wogged to his sleigh, blew again on his whistle,
And they faded away just like myst'ry meat gristle.
But she heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight —
“Like a school bus you're built! Who could pass on the right?!”

Merry Christmas! :santa:

opus

12-23-2018, 03:03 AM

Thanks for the ODAAT crossover

Quick question. ODAAT had two Christmas episodes in 9 seasons. How many did FOL have?

Lorimar Television

12-23-2018, 03:06 AM

12-23-2018, 07:40 AM

RetroGuy2000

12-23-2018, 12:00 PM

OMG, '80s, that was awesome! So many first season references, from the bongs and the cheese dip, to the backflip, the straw hat, the track suit, the headband, the roach, Wichita, the school bus, the rhinestone eye patch, wogging, the whistle, the mystery meat, the cinnamon buns, Spectacular Bid, the jellybeans, runners, rabbits, Mahoney, Steve, the flood, etc, etc...

(St. RetroGuy must look incredibly strange! :lol: )

:clap:clap:clap:clap

RetroGuy2000

12-23-2018, 12:13 PM

Quick question. ODAAT had two Christmas episodes in 9 seasons. How many did FOL have?

I think four:

Episode 5-12, "The Christmas Show": The girls prepare to go their separate ways for Christmas vacation.

Episode 6-13 "Christmas in the Big House": As a result of a mix-up, the girls perform a Christmas show in a prison instead of a home for boys like they planned.

Episode 7-13 "Christmas Baby": Blair's mother goes into labor on Christmas Eve – six weeks before she's due.

Episode 9-10 "Post-Christmas Card": Beverly Ann feels unwanted at Christmas and wonders what it would be like if she had never come to Peekskill.

There is also an episode titled "Post-Christmas Card", episode 8-14: As a post-Christmas gift, Natalie gets her first credit card and promptly goes on a spending spree. However, it doesn't actually sound very Christmassy.

RetroGuy2000

12-23-2018, 12:15 PM

Seasons greetings from Indianapolis :wave:

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Haha! Very cute! Thanks Opus!

'80sSitcoms

12-23-2018, 12:53 PM

Nice poem! :)

Thanks Mikaela :)

OMG, '80s, that was awesome! So many first season references, from the bongs and the cheese dip, to the backflip, the straw hat, the track suit, the headband, the roach, Wichita, the school bus, the rhinestone eye patch, wogging, the whistle, the mystery meat, the cinnamon buns, Spectacular Bid, the jellybeans, runners, rabbits, Mahoney, Steve, the flood, etc, etc...

clapclap

Thanks Retro! I had fun doing the songs, but this was the most "projectiest" project of all, lol. And it was really fun to sprinkle it with season 1 all throughout! (don't forget Bradley's "Eastland Streak" and "Shakespeare", too! haha [with the winter moon outside, sort of like an "A Mid-Winter's Night Fantasy", to borrow "the Crock's" style, haha] )

(St. RetroGuy must look incredibly strange!)

:lol:

I'll say, in all that get-up! lol...and it's funny not having any idea what you look like in the first place, if you could pass as a "Santa figure" :santa2: or not (i.e., you may or may not have a belly of "rice pudding", lol). True story: I hadn't even pegged you as the "protagonist" when I started this, but it just seemed to fit: I couldn't put a FOL character in that role, your shortened screen name "RetroGuy" perfectly replaces "Nicholas", and, since you are "Santa-ing" we fellow board members with your beautiful gifts of FOL scripts, it only seemed fitting to fill the role with you. :)

I don't know if this will become a new classic with children around the world, but it's nice to know we can make a tradition of it here. :lol:

Merry Christmas!

:tree: :cc: :snowman3: :stocking: :tree:

12-23-2018, 12:55 PM

Thanks Mikaela :)

Thanks Retro! I had fun doing the songs, but this was the most "projectiest" project of all, lol.

:lol:

I'll say, in all that get-up! lol...and it's funny not having any idea what you look like in the first place, if you could pass as a "Santa figure" :santa2: or not (i.e., you may or may not have a belly of "rice pudding", lol). True story: I hadn't even pegged you as the "protagonist" when I started this, but it just seemed to fit: I couldn't put a FOL character in that role, your shortened screen name "RetroGuy" perfectly replaces "Nicholas", and, since you are "Santa-ing" we fellow board members with your beautiful gifts of FOL scripts, it only seemed fitting to fill the role with you. :)

I don't know if this will become a new classic with children around the world, but it's nice to know we can make a tradition of it here. :lol:

Merry Christmas!

:tree: :cc: :snowman2: :stocking: :tree:

Anytime! :)

RetroGuy2000

12-23-2018, 01:06 PM

Thanks Retro! I had fun doing the songs, but this was the most "projectiest" project of all, lol. And it was really fun to sprinkle it with season 1 all throughout! (don't forget Bradley's "Eastland Streak" and "Shakespeare", too!

And the rice pudding, and the girls' names, the dorm lawn, and more... Each line is chock-full of First Season goodness! :)

I'll say, in all that get-up! lol...and it's funny not having any idea what you look like in the first place, if you could pass as a "Santa figure" :santa2: or not (i.e., you may or may not have a belly of "rice pudding", lol). True story: I hadn't even pegged you as the "protagonist" when I started this, but it just seemed to fit: I couldn't put a FOL character in that role, your shortened screen name "RetroGuy" perfectly replaces "Nicholas", and, since you are "Santa-ing" we fellow board members with your beautiful gifts of FOL scripts, it only seemed fitting to fill the role with you. :)

Awww, I'm touched! Although that outfit.... LOL!

(And there will be a new gift tomorrow, naturally).

opus

12-23-2018, 01:42 PM

I think four:

Episode 5-12, "The Christmas Show": The girls prepare to go their separate ways for Christmas vacation.

Episode 6-13 "Christmas in the Big House": As a result of a mix-up, the girls perform a Christmas show in a prison instead of a home for boys like they planned.

Episode 7-13 "Christmas Baby": Blair's mother goes into labor on Christmas Eve – six weeks before she's due.

Episode 9-10 "Post-Christmas Card": Beverly Ann feels unwanted at Christmas and wonders what it would be like if she had never come to Peekskill.

There is also an episode titled "Post-Christmas Card", episode 8-14: As a post-Christmas gift, Natalie gets her first credit card and promptly goes on a spending spree. However, it doesn't actually sound very Christmassy.

I remember the Christmas in jail episode. It reminds me of the 2 One Day At A Time New Years Eve episodes where they put on a show at an old folks home.